India

#1,721 for girls in 2025, 118 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #7,422
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2001 · 1,049 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
23,990
since 1880

India over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. India has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #299, 2001girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,721118—
2024#1,350169—
2023#1,264182—
2022#968275—
2021#938283—
2020#1,015248—
2019#928285—
2018#909295—
2017#894302—
2016#1,005263—
2015#1,018262—
2014#1,121226—
2013#971259—
2012#1,201204—
2011#997253—
2010#976261—
2009#834335—
2008#813353—
2007#681431—
2006#563522—
2005#496613—
2004#477616—
2003#410740—
2002#311979—
2001#2991,049—
2000#395723—
1999#411677—
1998#494514—
1997#427602—
1996#398667—
1995#431599—
1994#406616—
1993#386659—
1992#390664#7,4226
1991#414614—
1990#488500#6,4157
1989#525443#5,1659
1988#452498—
1987#422529—
1986#383604—
1985#318754#6,5235
1984#562329—
1983#858178—
1982#1,032141—
1981#871178—
1980#1,059134—
1979#940157—
1978#1,049129—
1977#891159—
1976#949134—
1975#878151—
1974#1,094106—
1973#894140—
1972#727194—
1971#652249—
1970#761192—
1969#1,95541—
1968#2,12632—
1967#1,78342—
1966#1,82739—
1965#1,99334—
1964#2,34827—
1963#2,21129—
1962#2,11331—
1961#1,80740—
1960#1,76441—
1959#1,56748—
1958#1,52749—
1957#1,58846—
1956#1,58145—
1955#1,38352—
1954#1,37753—
1953#1,50342—
1952#1,78131—
1951#1,74031—
1950#1,83527—
1949#1,80728—
1948#1,64832—
1947#2,20020—
1946#1,80825—
1945#1,82521—
1944#2,09617—
1943#1,49231—
1942#1,76023—
1941#1,38431—
1940#1,68222—
1939#2,73610—
1938#1,94517—
1937#1,91417—
1936#1,95016—
1935#2,20614—
1934#1,91317—
1933#2,16114—
1932#2,36513—
1931#2,02416—
1930#2,02317—
1929#1,76621—
1928#1,78422—
1927#1,66925—
1926#1,35734—
1925#1,34735—
1924#1,77024—
1923#1,59827—
1922#1,25239—
1921#1,43732—
1920#1,47030—
1919#1,34833—
1918#1,49728—
1917#1,47026—
1916#1,35729—
1915#1,19033—
1914#1,03433—
1913#1,09125—
1912#1,25218—
1911#98220—
1910#99719—
1909#1,05215—
1908#1,4399—
1907#94516—
1906#91716—
1905#90017—
1904#1,17010—
1903#86216—
1902#87216—
1901#82916—
1900#88518—
1899#72819—
1898#84016—
1897#78616—
1896#59427—
1895#65822—
1894#95011—
1893#68718—
1892#47932—
1891#75013—
1890#55822—
1889#62017—
1888#59318—
1887#73310—
1886#57215—
1885#57614—
1884#44920—
1883#48016—
1882#45816—
1881#41816—
1880#49212—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, India was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1908, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where India is popular in 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedMNIllinois: #537 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,173 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedWIMichigan: #245 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,528 girlsMINew York: #565 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 4,340 girlsNYMassachusetts: #526 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,014 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedIAIndiana: #405 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,286 girlsINOhio: #185 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 1,152 girlsOHPennsylvania: #398 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,124 girlsPANew Jersey: #398 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,999 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,330 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 14,836 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedNEMissouri: #287 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,963 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedWVVirginia: #191 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,163 girlsVAMaryland: #116 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 613 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedKSArkansas: #282 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,774 girlsARTennessee: #176 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,060 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #240 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,482 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #135 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 656 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #61 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 235 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #163 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 829 girlsLAMississippi: #284 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,528 girlsMSAlabama: #181 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,016 girlsALGeorgia: #144 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 785 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named India, so not publishedHITexas: #701 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 5,725 girlsTXFlorida: #268 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,703 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#61 · 1 in 235
  2. Maryland#116 · 1 in 613
  3. South Carolina#135 · 1 in 656
  4. Georgia#144 · 1 in 785
  5. Louisiana#163 · 1 in 829

Best ever in a state: #45 in District of Columbia, 1989.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#61241 in 235
Maryland#116401 in 613
South Carolina#135271 in 656
Georgia#144481 in 785
Louisiana#163341 in 829
Tennessee#176261 in 1,060
Alabama#181211 in 1,016
Ohio#185591 in 1,152
Virginia#191291 in 1,163
North Carolina#240241 in 1,482
Michigan#245371 in 1,528
Florida#268391 in 1,703
Arkansas#28271 in 1,774
Mississippi#28491 in 1,528
Missouri#287161 in 1,963
New Jersey#398141 in 2,999
Pennsylvania#398221 in 3,124
Indiana#405101 in 3,286
Massachusetts#52671 in 5,014
Illinois#537171 in 4,173
New York#565251 in 4,340
Texas#701231 in 5,725
California#1,330141 in 14,836
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about India
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 371 spots since 2024 (#1,350 → #1,721)
  • 706 spots since 2020 (#1,015 → #1,721)
  • 703 spots since 2015 (#1,018 → #1,721)
  • Biggest jump: 1,194 spots in 1970 (#1,955 → #761)
  • Biggest drop: 494 spots in 1908 (#945 → #1,439)
Rise & fade · girls
121 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2001 at #299 (1,049 births)
  • Births halved by 2006, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 73 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1983–2011
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,717
  • Highest: 1 in 1,717 girls born in 2001 were named India (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,621 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 26.5% of all girls named India (6,361) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s154#418 (1881)#539
1890s196#479 (1892)#703
1900s149#829 (1901)#987
1910s264#982 (1911)#1,222
1920s289#1,252 (1922)#1,545
1930s151#1,913 (1934)#2,124
1940s250#1,384 (1941)#1,770
1950s424#1,377 (1954)#1,588
1960s356#1,764 (1960)#1,993
1970s1,611#652 (1971)#884
1980s3,788#318 (1985)#648
1990s6,112#386 (1993)#425
2000s6,361#299 (2001)#528
2010s2,610#894 (2017)#1,002
2020s1,275#938 (2021)#1,209

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

India in 1986

girls
#383
604 births · 1 in 2,840 girls

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #383India604
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 2,840 of them was named India, which outranked 97.0% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside India
  1. #380Annette607
  2. #380Guadalupe607
  3. #382Destiny606
  4. #383India604
  5. #383Constance604
  6. #383Francesca604
  7. #386Julianne597
  8. #387Irene596
  9. #388Callie593

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986 →